I don’t know whether to feel relief or disappointment. Egads! (Where are you?)

C G: I have a trap that is catch and release if you need to borrow it. Does not harm the mice…

Andrew Hanibelsz Thank you, but, no. I refuse to believe in the mundane existence of this creature – after three years of immersive magic, it is beyond my comprehension as to how and why an actual mouse would enter my domain.

F E: ‘Cause you’re cheesy

C G: i had 3. There has been a plauge for the last 2 years apparently. I wonder what it means spiritually

The mouse is differs with context. The mouse found at Ganesh’s feet only makes ‘sense’ when we remember his origins as a folk grāma-devatā (village deity) – a rat infestation would have been a very serious matter for any small agrarian community. Modern, urbane, mice tend to be more abstract and adept at distorting form and function into chaos – like cancer, Thatcher, Bush, Howard and other such ‘things’ that have a lot of force but little heart.

Your mice may not have been a ‘mouse’.

Possible explanation.

तमस् – The mouse in the lower right corner symbolizes tamas. In the Samkhya school of philosophy, tamas [Sanskrit / तमस् “darkness”] is one of the three gunas (or qualities), the other two being rajas (passion and activity) and sattva (purity, goodness). Tamas is the template for inertia or resistance to action. It has also been translated from Sanskrit as “indifference”.

S S: jai ganesh ..oh remover of obstacles

In the holistic-universal creation Tamas is where the demons (such as the Fat, Evil, Worm Baby) and asuras dwell, their energy is purely tamas since Tamas can’t be controlled by mortal energy, vedic philosophy dictates Sattva as the preferred guna.

The gunas are defined and detailed in Samkhya, one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy. Each of the three gunas has its own distinctive characteristics and it is believed that everything is made up of these three. Tamas is lowest, heaviest, slowest, and most dull (for example, a stone or a lump of earth). It is devoid of the energy of the rajas and the brightness of sattva.

Tamas cannot be counteracted by tamas. It might be easier to counteract it by means of rajas (action), and it might be more difficult to jump directly from tamas to sattva.

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“E lies on her bed, after eating. She hears the Mouse outside and in the common space muttering and swearing under her breath.

She asks her teachers to help her with the issue, and she begins to feel M’s heart and body strongly enveloped within her own; compassion. M’s heart and body feel small, constricted, so unloved, unexpanded. The Beloved falls into a deep sleep during this occurrence, and sleeps for an hour or so.

She feels as though this welcoming of M’s pain into her own bosom may have made a difference for M.”

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.. yesterday by turning on the gas and leaving the house. An accident? Have a look at what I said to her the day before:

“I hope we haven’t upset you – we’ve just been a little preoccupied with helping our friend through a difficult time – please talk to us if you feel we have. It doesn’t have to ‘make sense’, emotions are not rational equations – it’s more important that you feel free to have them. You are a creative and thoughtful person, I’m sure you’ll find a way to show us what you feel – without killing us. ”

This is actually extraordinarily good news – any authentic ‘communication’, whether it be a little squeak or an attempted murder, is a major step forward for someone who has remained completely and utterly silent for most of her 36 years.

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The mouse likes our house, it’s the first home she has ever had. We are welcoming, but never intrusive or even directly engaging (a little difficult for me given my tendency towards exuberant ejaculations, but I’m learning to be gentle again). She needs calm and supportive people around her and it seems like she believes she has found that in us. We still make mistakes – the slightest direct eye contact or ANY changes to the schedule make her very, very apprehensive – but she is more forgiving now that she knows we are trying. So far, so good. No baring of teeth. Plenty of smiles from a distance. The outlines of a gift are being drawn.

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Ferocious mouse attack. Massive headache. Difficult to be creative in the middle of this. Staggering out into a splendid Melbourne spring afternoon filled with birdsong that unfortunately – I cannot enjoy. Feel like I’m balancing a piano on my forehead. Out of tune.

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Malevolent. Classic Bipolar. Received a warning flick of the tail last night and now again, tonight. Doubt if we are in any actual danger, but it sure feels like it. Proceeding with caution.

Chef, Beloved, Angel – all three came to my door today but I had no idea – usually I can ‘sense’ people ahead of their arrival. Today nothing. Almost rear-ended a car and swiped a bicyclist. This mouse has shaken me.

Don’t want to disturb the mouse. She has been sleeping almost every day, all day, ever since she moved in.